Library Guide on the Maastricht Treaty

 

Library blog Tuesday 7 February 2023

● General Secretariat of the Council   Library Guide on the Maastricht Treaty   To mark the anniversary of the signing of the Maastricht Treaty the Council Library has compiled a Library Guide of relevant and authoritative resources. It contains a selection of available resources delineating the various facets of the Maastricht Treaty.

Library Guide on the Maastricht Treaty

• 7 February 2023
 
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Institutional affairs EU member states

Signature ceremony of the Treaty of Maastricht, 7 February 1992.

 

The Maastricht Treaty, officially the Treaty on European Union, was signed by 12 countries in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, and entered into force on 1 November 1993.

Maastricht is an ambitious treaty. From establishing the European Union to paving the way for the single currency, it had a profound impact on the development of European integration.

Among its most prominent innovations, the treaty:

• laid the foundations for economic and monetary union, the single currency (the euro) and the criteria for its use;
• provided the legal basis for 6 new EU common policies (e.g., industrial policy, consumer protection);
• strengthened the powers of the European Parliament; and
• introduced the concept of European citizenship.

View our Library Guide

To mark the anniversary of the signing of the Maastricht Treaty the Council Library has compiled a Library Guide of relevant and authoritative resources.

• Library Guide on the Maastricht Treaty

The guide contains selected resources from the online Eureka catalogue of the Council Libraries and from outside our own collections, including some open-access publications. Browsing through the tabs you will find links to relevant Council website pages, EU publications, books, articles, podcasts, videos, and databases. Under ‘Council Info’, you’ll find the link to a visual and informative scroll story on ‘How Maastricht changed Europe’.

Researching European treaties?

The Council Library has compiled Library Guides on several other EU treaties. These may be of interest to anyone carrying out research on the EU, European studies, European law or with a general interest in European history.  

• Library Guide on the Treaty of Paris

• Library Guide on the Treaty of Rome

• Library Guide on the Treaty of Nice

• Library Guide on the Treaty of Lisbon

This post does not necessarily represent the positions, policies, or opinions of the Council of the European Union or the European Council.

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